First Water Upper Creek Loop Photoset • AZLumberjack • 2013-11-24 • HikeArizona.COM

First Water Upper Creek Loop, AZ

	2013-11-24
	5 by AZLumberjack

First Water Upper Creek Loop

Phoenix, AZ

First Water Upper Creek Loop

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking	3.00 Miles	710 AEG

Hiking	3.00 Miles	1 Hour	3.00 mph
	710 ft AEG

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Got my job back again this year, that is if you call volunteering for the Forest Service a job

Started the season out by working the First Water TH, arriving around 0700. After the necessary house cleaning and parking lot beautification, I was greeting hikers heading out following two days of rain that left around 2.2 inches here in the Apache Junction area.

Not many hikers out with the dark sky's and threat of rain so I hiked around the points and down the Dutchmans Trail for a ways. The water in the creeks tumbled against the rocks and made for enjoyable sounds in the quiet morning. Not enough flow to get the feet wet, but enough to make rock hopping necessary as I crossed the flows out of the canyons. Some stretches of the trail had mud puddles but no washouts so we survived the rains without major problems.

I'm always surprised at how quickly the plants absorb the rains and almost overnight turn from burnt brown to spring green. Met a few happy hikers on the trail and some on horseback anxious to see water flowing in First Water Creek again. Back at the Trailhead, I was treated to a partial rainbow over the Massacre Grounds.

Yep, great start to the season :y:

Autumn Foliage Observation Isolated
Very few signs of color.

	First Water Creek - Upper Turnoff	Light flow	Light flow
	Good flow in the creek but can boulder hop without getting the feet wet.

	First Water Creek at Second Water Trail #236	Light flow	Light flow
	Crossing the stream is not a problem.

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On every trip into the Superstitions, I find another Gold Mine. Today the mine was filled with Memories. I can not wait for the next trip.

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